Space Junk Box Score

Due to the interest in my space junk entry below, I thought I’d provide an up to date list of all the objects in low earth orbit and who the countries are that launched them or discarded them. The US and USSR are the two biggest, no surprise there, but the USSR leads the way in space debris, 2-1. Mr. Putin, take out your garbage!

The big table of space junk follows….

Satellite Box Score: 2007-02-08 17:52:26 GMT

Objects in Orbit

Decayed Objects

Country

Payload

Rocket Body

Debris

Total

Payload

Rocket Body

Debris

Total

Grand Total

AB

8

0

0

8

1

0

0

1

9

AC

4

0

0

4

0

0

0

0

4

ALG

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

ARGN

10

0

0

10

2

0

0

2

12

AUS

10

2

0

12

2

0

0

2

14

BRAZ

10

0

0

10

0

0

0

0

10

CA

23

0

1

24

1

0

2

3

27

CHBZ

2

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

2

CHLE

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

CIS
(USSR)

1408

911

1987

4306

2424

2660

7902

12986

17292

CZCH

5

0

0

5

1

0

0

1

6

DEN

3

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

3

EGYP

2

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

2

ESA

42

6

29

77

6

6

8

20

97

ESRO

0

0

0

0

7

0

3

10

10

EUME

2

0

1

3

0

0

0

0

3

EUTE

28

0

0

28

0

0

0

0

28

FGER

2

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

2

FR

44

104

211

359

8

57

595

660

1019

GER

24

0

1

25

13

0

1

14

39

GLOB

52

0

0

52

0

0

1

1

53

GREC

2

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

2

IM

11

0

0

11

0

0

0

0

11

IND

32

9

96

137

9

8

257

274

411

INDO

10

0

0

10

1

0

0

1

11

IRID

0

0

0

0

1

0

12

13

13

ISRA

6

0

0

6

3

4

0

7

13

ISS

4

0

2

6

0

0

33

33

39

IT

11

2

0

13

9

0

1

10

23

ITSO

62

0

0

62

1

0

0

1

63

JPN

106

39

30

175

17

51

96

164

339

LUXE

14

0

0

14

1

0

0

1

15

MALA

4

0

0

4

0

0

0

0

4

MEX

7

0

0

7

0

0

0

0

7

NATO

8

0

0

8

0

0

0

0

8

NETH

5

0

0

5

1

0

0

1

6

NICO

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

NIG

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

NOR

3

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

3

ORB

35

0

0

35

0

0

0

0

35

PAKI

1

0

0

1

1

0

0

1

2

POR

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

PRC

59

33

944

1036

51

67

277

395

1431

ROC

8

0

0

8

0

0

0

0

8

RP

2

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

2

SAFR

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

SAUD

6

0

0

6

0

0

0

0

6

SEAL

1

19

0

20

0

3

0

3

23

SKOR

10

1

0

11

0

0

0

0

11

SPN

9

0

0

9

1

0

0

1

10

STCT

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

SWED

10

0

0

10

0

0

0

0

10

THAI

6

0

0

6

0

0

0

0

6

TURK

5

0

0

5

0

0

0

0

5

UAE

2

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

2

UK

23

1

0

24

9

0

4

13

37

US

1015

618

2558

4191

744

571

3658

4973

9164

USBZ

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

Total

3164

1745

5860

10769

3314

3427

12850

19591

30360

Notes

The distinction between on-orbit and decayed objects is
made based on the presence of a decay date in the current SatCat data.

Rocket Bodies are considered to be any object which
contains the strings ‘R/B’ or ‘AKM’ (Apogee Kick Motor) or ‘PKM’ (Perigee Kick
Motor) but not ‘DEB’ in the SatCat object common name.

Debris objects are considered to be any object with the
string ‘DEB’, or ‘COOLANT’ or ‘SHROUD’ or ‘WESTFORD NEEDLES’ in the SatCat
object common name.

Any object not classified as a rocket body or debris by the
previous tests is considered to be a payload.